The AACW and Omega Music will host a “Backyard Blues” series event on Saturday, May 5, 6–10 p.m., at 318 E. Fifth St. in Dayton. The event is a fundraiser for the 20th anniversary celebration of the AACW Blues, Jazz and Gospel Fest.

All youth ages 7–11 are eligible to play in the coach-pitched Minor League, with the season to begin in early June.

Buddhist meditation guiding teacher Rebecca Bradshaw will return to the Yellow Springs Dharma Center on Thursday, May 3, to give a talk at 8 p.m. titled “Four Faces of Compassion.”

Villager Sam Bachtell passed away peacefully on Monday, April 23, surrounded by loved ones.

Longtime villager and massage therapist Deborah Fugett died Friday, April 20, at her West North College Street home.

Thomas Vernon Biggs, 61, of Yellow Springs, succumbed to his four-year battle with cancer and passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at Elmcroft of Fairborn.

Dr. Charles Scott Hosket, DVM, age 65, of Yellow Springs, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, April 19, 2018.

Doris Frances Blake winged her flight to the other worlds of God, on the First Day of Ridván, April 21, at 5 p.m. Mrs. Blake was 98 years old.

Jan L. Smolinski, 71, passed away at home on Thursday, April 12, 2018, of complications from cancer and Lambert-Eaton Myasthenie syndrome.

Megan Rion (North), 1973–2018, had a passionate curiosity to explore the beauty of the world and a natural ability to nurture and care for any plant or animal that crossed her path.